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The Contemporary Printed Literature of the English Counter-Reformation between 1558 and 1640
Volume I: Works in Languages other than English
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
In 1956 Allison and Rogers published A Catalogue of Catholic Books in English Printed Abroad Secretly in England, 1558-1640. Known simply as A & R, it is the standard listing of the clandestine vernacular output of English Catholics during that period. Now, after more than thirty years work, Allison...
by James D. Keyser, Michael A. Klassen
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
The Plains region that stretches from northern Colorado to southern Alberta and from the Rockies to the western Dakotas is the land of the Cheyenne and the Blackfeet, the Crow and the Sioux. Its rolling grasslands and river valleys have nurtured human cultures for thousands of years. On cave walls,...
Decision-Making in American Foreign Policy
Translating Theory into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
This foreign policy analysis textbook is written especially for students studying to become national security professionals. It translates academic knowledge about the complex influences on American foreign policymaking into an intuitive, cohesive, and practical set of analytic tools. The focus here...
Morbid Obesity
Will You Allow It to Kill You?
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2010
MORBID OBESITY: WILL YOU ALLOW IT TO KILL YOU?
Following the style of his previous books, Sex and the Cardiac Patient and Answering Your Questions About Heart Disease and Sex, informative, educational, entertaining, and bold, Dr. Eduardo Chapunoff takes us this time into the complex world of...
Democracy Works
Joining Theory and Action to Foster Global Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Throughout the world, from the United States to Tanzania, Chechnya, and Sri Lanka, people increasingly work together and take actions to improve their lives, end inequality, and change global society. Action groups and movements see dialogue and learning as important ways to extend democracy and,...
Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean
The Case for Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
As important as state-to-state and multi-state cooperation have long proven to be, many countries in the Global South have yet to fully explore its potentials. Despite their shared history of slavery, colonialism, and underdevelopment, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean currently show a lack...
Food, Science and Society
Exploring the Gap Between Expert Advice and Individual Behaviour
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
There is widespread concern amongst consumers about the safety and acceptability of food, and there are clearly communication gaps between consumers, many food professionals and food industry. This book offers accounts of the two-way nature of this difficult communication process and steps that can...
by Ferenc A. Jolesz, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2007
Although the field of Neuro-Oncology has grown considerably in the last 10 to 15 years and has a rather extensive literature, there are no comprehensive, “single-source books that summarize the current literature and future trends of neuroimaging in neuro-oncology. This book covers this topic...
by Valiere Alcena M.D. M.A.C.P.
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
This book is written to bring to light the many wrongs that are going on in the health care insurance system in the U.S.
The U.S. health care insurance system is the most expensive health care system in the world and the most inefficient health care system of all the health care systems of...
Syndrome X
Overcoming the Silent Killer that Can Give You a Heart Attack
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2002
Millions of Americans follow the "best" medical advice every day to prevent heart attacks -- eating the standard low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet so widely recommended by doctors -- but in fact they are placing themselves at greater risk for heart disease. In Syndrome X: Overcoming the Silent Killer...
by Brian Knowler, B.A., J.D.
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
In the follow up to his book 'On the Other Side of Broken', Brian explores the ever-evolving, ever-growing link between leadership and mental health. His proposition is a simple one - that leaders who care about the health, wellness, balance, and success of their teams should strive to be 'Capital-L'...
Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths
Optical Spectroscopy
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Optical spectroscopy has been instrumental in the discovery of many lanthanide elements. In return, these elements have always played a prominent role in lighting devices and light conversion technologies (Auer mantles, incandescent lamps, lasers, cathode-ray and plasma displays). They are also presently...
Black Women's Portrayals on Reality Television
The New Sapphire
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
This book critically analyzes the portrayals of Black women in current reality television. Audiences are presented with a multitude of images of Black women fighting, arguing, and cursing at one another in this manufactured world of reality television. This perpetuation of negative, insidious racial...
by Ivan G. Horak, Heloise Heyne, Roy Williams
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
This is a comprehensive work summarizing the current state of knowledge of the biology of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and Maputo Province, Mozambique). It provides an overview of the history of tick research in Southern Africa...